Mounting press, aspiration device for a mounting press, and modular mounting press system

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mounting press for hot mounting a sample, comprising: a mounting cylinder which receives the sample and has a main cylinder axis and a cylinder opening, wherein the main cylinder axis extends inside the mounting cylinder and out through the cylinder opening, and a covering that extends around the cylinder opening, and a suction device for extracting granular material dust, granular material, or vapors, for example, wherein the suction device comprises a vacuum generator for providing a suction effect, and wherein the suction device is at least partly mounted on the covering or embedded in the covering.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A mounting press for hot mounting a sample, comprising:
 a mounting cylinder for receiving the sample, having a main cylinder axis and a cylinder opening located at an upper end of the mounting cylinder adapted for filling granular material into the mounting cylinder, with the main cylinder axis extending inside the mounting cylinder and out of the cylinder opening; 
 a covering located at the upper end of the mounting cylinder and including a covering plate extending around the cylinder opening at the upper end of the mounting cylinder; 
 a suction device for extracting granular material dust, granular material, or vapor in the region of the cylinder opening of the mounting cylinder; 
 wherein the suction device comprises a vacuum generator for providing a suction effect; 
 wherein the suction device is at least partly mounted on the covering or embedded in the covering and is adapted to achieve the suction effect in the region of the cylinder opening of the mounting cylinder. 
 
     
     
       2. The mounting press of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the covering plate has the cylinder opening recessed therein; and/or 
 wherein the covering has a carriage guide for a sliding carriage. 
 
     
     
       3. The mounting press of the  claim 2 ,
 wherein the suction device is at least partially integrated in the sliding carriage, or wherein the extracted granular material dust and/or vapors are passed through the sliding carriage. 
 
     
     
       4. The mounting press as claimed in  claim 2 ,
 wherein the suction device comprises suction openings in the covering plate, which are arranged around the cylinder opening recessed in the covering plate. 
 
     
     
       5. The mounting press as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 further comprising the vacuum generator arranged at the mounting press for providing the suction effect. 
 
     
     
       6. The mounting press as claimed in  claim 2 ,
 further comprising a front side granular material compartment for receiving granular material residues not fitting through the suction opening, wherein granular material residues can be conveyed into the granular material compartment by means of the sliding carriage by sliding the sliding carriage onto the cylinder opening prior to using the mounting press. 
 
     
     
       7. A mounting press suction device for a mounting press including a mounting cylinder, a cylinder opening located at an upper end of the mounting cylinder, and a main cylinder axis extending through the mounting cylinder,
 a covering located at the upper end of the mounting cylinder and extending around the cylinder opening at the upper end of the mounting cylinder; 
 a vacuum generator for providing a suction effect; 
 at least one suction air passage connected to the vacuum generator; 
 at least one suction opening in communication with the suction air passage and arrangeable adjacent to and above the cylinder opening so as to allow to achieve a suction effect in the region of the cylinder opening for extracting granular material dust, granular material, or vapor in the region of the cylinder opening of the mounting cylinder; 
 wherein the suction device is at least partly mounted on the covering or embedded in the covering. 
 
     
     
       8. The suction device of  claim 7 ,
 wherein the suction device is adapted to unfold the suction effect directly in the region of the cylinder opening of the mounting cylinder. 
 
     
     
       9. The suction device as claimed in  claim 7 ,
 wherein the at least one suction opening is recessed in the covering laterally spaced apart from the cylinder opening; 
 wherein the at least one suction opening is recessed in the covering or provided on the covering concentrically around the cylinder opening. 
 
     
     
       10. The suction device as claimed in  claim 7 ,
 wherein the covering is a covering plate and has a carriage guide for a sliding carriage. 
 
     
     
       11. The suction device as claimed in  claim 7 ,
 further comprising a sliding carriage; 
 wherein the at least one or a further suction opening is arranged on the sliding carriage and is in communication with the suction air passage through the sliding carriage. 
 
     
     
       12. The suction device of  claim 11 ,
 wherein the sliding carriage has at least one sliding carriage passage extending through the sliding carriage so as to connect the at least one suction opening to the suction air passage; and/or 
 wherein the sliding carriage has a suction position in which the at least one suction opening is in communication with the vacuum device through the sliding carriage so as to be exposed to extracting negative pressure thereby. 
 
     
     
       13. The suction device as claimed in  claim 11 ,
 wherein the sliding carriage has a position of use in which the sliding carriage covers the cylinder opening; and 
 wherein the suction device enables vapor extraction for sucking off vapors arising during the pressing operation of the mounting press. 
 
     
     
       14. The suction device as claimed in  claim 10 ,
 wherein at least a section of the suction air passage is embedded in the covering plate so that the suction air passage extends through the covering plate and/or at least a section thereof extends through the covering plate. 
 
     
     
       15. The suction device as claimed in  claim 7 ,
 further comprising a filter element disposed at the vacuum generator. 
 
     
     
       16. The suction device as claimed in  claim 7 ,
 further comprising at least one further mounting press having a further cylinder opening; 
 wherein the vacuum generator is a shared vacuum generator; 
 wherein the suction device is adapted to unfold the suction effect directly in the region of the cylinder opening of the mounting cylinder and at the same time at the further cylinder opening of the at least one further mounting press. 
 
     
     
       17. The suction device as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the suction device extracts granular material dust, granular material, or vapors from above the cylinder opening. 
     
     
       18. The mounting press of  claim 1 , wherein the mounting cylinder is configured to receive a granular material as an embedding material and thereafter to receive the sample in the granular material. 
     
     
       19. The mounting press of  claim 18 , wherein the mounting press is configured to melt the embedding material to facilitate hot mounting of the sample into the granular material. 
     
     
       20. The mounting press of  claim 19 , further comprising a heating unit surrounding the mounting cylinder to heat the mounting cylinder to melt the embedding material. 
     
     
       21. The mounting press of  claim 1 , further comprising a piston in the mounting cylinder so that the cylinder opening is closed by the piston, wherein the suction device is mounted over the closed cylinder opening. 
     
     
       22. The mounting press of  claim 1 , further comprising a piston in the mounting cylinder so that the cylinder opening is closed by the piston, wherein the suction device has suction openings disposed around the piston.